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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1914)
KIH'CATION Ah T KN l KXCI K.H (Continued from page 10) a man haa an income of one thous and dollars - per year, his business ventures prosper and this Income ul timately Increases to one hundred thousand dollars per year. Do his wants correspondingly increase? Will he eat one hundred times as much as he formerly did?. No, he will buy aa automobile, his wife will wear silks and satins and his increased wants will be of an industrial naturo, calling for increased industrial de mands, a consequential growth of in dustries and cities which spring up as if by magic around industrial cen ters. Men will live wherever they an make a living, and if the demand exists in industrial centers or cities, aad such a condition always presents itself as countries grow older in vsars and their available agricultur al districts become scarcer, then you fn expect to find the supply of men there also, at the same place where the demand exists. Justinian, ing Canute and Queen lizabeth all issued edicts declaring that their cities should grow no larg- r but they continued to increase in population irrespective of the divine wishes of kings and queens. The tuarts and the Tudors of England tried repeatedly to curb the growing population of London but no regal Mandate proved effect've against na tural law and economic necessity. For these reasons, I believe that yeu might dot this country with rur al high schools, either Independent r consolidated, and that while a few people might remain in country be cause of this, yet our cities would continue to grow in population with greater strides than the rural dist ricts. But this is purely an economic natter not vital to the discussion of tfcis question, because we believe that the farmer boy has greater rights to an advanced education at home than more economic expedien cy. We believe in rural high schools because the farmer and his children have a right to them; because sev enty per cent of our great men, the commissioner of education tells us ia one of his reports, come from the tarm and the small town; because the rural districts furnish the stim ulus for this commonwealth; because VOTE FOR lllesdruff Ball OF CHERRY COUNTY Republican Candidate for State Senator NOMINATION From 28th Senatorial District Connected with the Live Stock Business in this district over 15 years. Made tlnal proof on original home stead In August. 1903, under the 6-yeaf itct. This was the land Involved In the "Beer Bottle Corner case." Made final proof on Kinkald Addi tional in July, 1910. Member of the present State Fores I rat ion Commission. Has secured $15,000.00 additional funds for forestration work in Ne braska from the general government. Has sfcured the permanent reten tion of the National Forest Reserves in this state tor the benefit of the present and future generations. Has labored persistently to secure from the general government an ap propriation with which to conduct ex periments to increase the quality and quantity of grazing or forage grasses in the xand hills. This should en hance the value of all sandhill lands. Initiated the fight which wrote into ti e present State Live Sto k Sanitary Hoard Law the requirement that the nttleinen thereon must reside in Western Nebraska. Conceived the idea of and promoted "The Northwest Kound-Cp" Associa tion. From the above it will be seen that Mr. Bill H closely identified with the Interests of the 28th Senatorial Dis trict, equipped with experience to know its netds and thoroughly capable rf safetuanMni? and promoting Its legislative requirements. You re'i make no mistake In 4up porting C.ie candidacy of Mr. Ball. ifiAt? A it Is the old fashioned boy whose mother makes him calico shirts that look like tents who ultimately has money in the bank and owns his home. There was once an old negro who was very sick. Ills master sent hlni to town to see Dr. Jones but he came home stating that he had gone to Dr. Smith Instead, and when he was asked why,, he said, "Well, you know, suh, I went and looked at Dr. Jones' door and It said, suh, It said, 2 to 5, and I thought, suh, that them was very poor odds and I went and looked at Dr. Smith's door and under his name it said. Dr. Smith's office, 10 to 1, and 1 Immediately made up my mind, suh, that t would take no odds of 2 to 5 when I could get them 10 to 1. " The odds, la dies and gentlemen, are Almost ten to one that the farmer boy will suc ceed better if he is prepared for life, and this is his Inherent right and privilege. Ood made the coun try and man made the city and that perhaps Is one reason why the coun try Is purer and more wholesome but that is no Justification for refusing the country the privileges of modern education which the ages of civiliza- i tion have made possible today. I Just what form this rural high ' school will assume I am not prepar ! ed to say, whether it will be the I present one-room building or a two- j room building or a consolidated ru- ral high school, I am not enough of an efficiency expert to accurately pro- phesy. An efficiency expert, you know, is one who thinks that he can teach a hen a better way of laying ' eggs than the methods that she has U8ed for years and I make no pre tensions of being such an expert. However, I would venture to hapbaz- I ard suggestion that the rural high school of the future will be a thor oughly organized and consolidated i school, because, as I said before, the I day of isoslation and separation is I past, this is an age of co-operation 1 and consolidation. I uSch rural schools will be a won i derful benefit to any part of the state !of Nebraska but wil Especially help 1 the western counties of the state, be cause out in this country any system 1 that organizes the schools of the county into an equitable, orderly and I fair arrangement would be a god send. I There are a great many people j who claim that the rural teacher is not sufficiently qualified for her pos- ; ltion and yet some or these same ' people are desirous of her teaching I the ninth grade in addition to her ; present duties. The Inconsistency ! of this reminds me of the woman who got mad at her husband and j drove him out of the house by hit : ting bim on the head with a sove poker and then cried because he did not kiss ber good bye. Some time ago, I attended an educational meet ing and after it was over a man said ; to me, "Why are we not allowed to , teach the ninth grade in our dist rlct?" I said, "You are allowed to teach the ninth grade in your dis- ' trict and I see no reason why you ; should not if your school ia small in ! numbers and the ' ui h.r has ample !! t w give attention to all pupils." 1 iurther said to him, "The law does : ot restrict you in teaching the ninth ' Trade in your district, all that the law asks of you is that your teacher have a first grade certificate and be qualified, and that Is very reasonable t because an eighth grade graduate by rising examinations and attending ! summer normal can procure a second pruda rnrtiflftula atiri vnn wlnlri tint want an eighth grade graduate teach ing your ninth grade pupils for in case you would be like the fashiona ble English nobleman who bought a dog with a long pedigree and the Ir ishman who was given an ugly, yel low cur. The Irishman taught the yellow cur all the tricks in a dog's trade but the efforts of the English man to instill such knowledge into the highly pedigreed dog were futile and in vain. He appealed to the Ir lshman to explain how it happened the Irishman could teach the yellow cur tricks while he could not so in spire the blooded animal, and Pat replied: "Well, you see, you must know more than the dog to teach him anything." And so with your rural teacher, she has got to know more than her pupils in order to teach them and to instruct them. I would not be presumptuousen- ough to attempt to suggest or pro pose in detail a plan for rural high schools. You may recall the story ot the mouse who wanted to bell the cat. It is easy to propose impossi ble reremies and I shal Inot try be cause the tendency of modern educa tlon is to help the rural boy and the rural girl, and we are optimistic en ough to believe that success will crown this venture. I have tried to show you that there are two great tendencies in modern education ( one is to make the sub ject matter of a practical nature and the other is to cultivate higher edu cation in the rural communities Boh tendencies are highly commend able but they must have the support of the home, because education com mences at the mother's knee and commences with the father's nod of approbation. The school pupil of today and the age of today are liv ing too fast and the school and the home must stand sponsor for a re turn to normality. The old fashion ed boy who used to come home from school and hold a skein of yarn while his mother wound It Into a ball now pays SO cents for his hose, while the girls of today think that they are suffering with broken hearts when they have only strained their Imag inations. It is a cardinal trait of human nature that you cannot make people any better than they want to be, you cannot regulate , goodness by law. There are 1500 men In Sing Sing prison who are good by taw and we know bow good they are, althoug it is equally cardinal that goodness and intelligence may be procured by education. Because goodness and Intelligence may be procured by education and because the tendency of the times Is toward a broader and more useful education, let me urge upon these young people here today, the neces sity of following the tendency of the times and of possessing a thoroughly trained mind. The time has long passed when mere brute force ruled the world. We are told In history that the battle field of Crecy made all men of equal heighth and the statement is assuredly true, and therefore today should be for these young people should be merely a commencement of educational prog ress. Charles Dickens once predicted that the time would come when an illiterate man in Boston would ex cite more curiosity than a man with seven heads. Let us hope that this prophecy may become every word true, not in Boston, not In Massachu setts, but In America and in fact ev erywhere. When this day comes we shall have more schools and fewer jails, for these two conditions are the com plements of each other, and then we shall be truly rich, truly educated, truly great, for we are told in Holy Scripture that "Happy is the man who flndeth wisdom and the man who getteth understanding, for the merchandise of It is better than the merchandise of silver and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days Is in her right hand and In her left hand, riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace." Modern IVlivery The Alliance Steam Laundry be lieves in being strictly modern and up-to-date. In order to facilitate their delivery and laundry collection they have Installed a Ford Model T delivery car with a special body. Driver Carter Caulder finds It much quicker and easier to handle than the team of horses and the custom ers of the laundry appreciate the quicker delivery. New Itoad to South J. C. McCorkle, chairman of the good roads committee of the Co-m tnerclal Club, mad" a trip over the new road from Alliance south on W'Hnesday of last week in company vli.4! the county commissioners of Morrill county. Most of th road is in Morrill county. The amount ol grading will be small, about one mile. The need of a road drouth to Bridgeport that would be shorter and easier traveled has been felt for years. Mayo Hew Again (5. S. Mayo, deputy state oil and food inspector, spent part of the week in Alliance on official business. He is an old friend of "Doc" Cope land and always makes "Doc" a visit when In town. Fourth of July Picnic The members of the Young Men's Bible Club are planning to have a hayrack party and picnic July 4th. It will probably be held at the grove south of Alliance. Arrangements and plans for the picnic will be dis cussed at the regular meeting of the Y. M. B. C. this evening. All mem bers are requested to be present, as an an interesting meeting is assured. Do you know you can get four magazines in combination with The Herald by paying only 18 cents ex tra? Send your order by mail, or phone us. OLD HICKORY CHIPS Do you suppose the water In Col. KooBevelt's river is fit to drink? With one exception Pancho Villa is the most spectacular person born on this continent. At any rate General Huerta qual ifies as the greatest about-to-doer of history. John Bull might learn something to his advantage by studying the way the suffrage question is handl ed over here. Forgetting politics for awhile the citizens of this country would do well to read the president's tribute to the flag and then sing that glorious an them "America". John Bull's badly injured sensi bilities regarding bis prowess as a sportsman have been given skillful treatment and he is reported as feel in: greatly improved today. A peace conference is something that is intended to take care of the pieces. Portugal's republican government must be getting along all right. It never gets into print. AT THE CHURCHES Sunday, July 5 IIAITIST CI1CIU II 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. 11:00 a. ra. Preaching. Subject, "Better than Silver or Gold." 2:30 p. m. Junior B. Y. P. U. 7:00 p. m. B. Y. P. U. meeting. 8:00 p. m. Preaching. Subject, "A Good Example." Choir practice, Thursday, 8 p. m. Cordial Invttat'oo to all. Frank V. llarrett, Pastor Phone 781 CHRISTIAN CHURCH Ninth HU and Rox Rntte Ave. 10:00 a. m. Bible school and men's Bible class. 11:00 a. m. Preaching. Subject, "The Church as a Family." 3:00 p. m. Junior C E. 6:30 p. in. C. E. meeting. 8:00 p. m. Preaching. 8:00 p. m. Preaching, subject, "Revelation of 'The Book.' " Prayer meeting on Wednesday ev ening at 8 o'clock. Choir practice Immediately afterward. Church and S. S. picnic for mem bers and their friends at 4 p. m. at the fair grounds. Everybody Is cordially invited to til services. II. J. Young, Minister Phone 814 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Christian Science services will be leld in Wood's hall, over Duncan's grocery store every Sunday at 11 v. m. Sunday school t 10 a. m. ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH There will be no services on this date. Geo. G. Ware, Dean Phone Black 419 IMMANUEL GERMAN EVAN GELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCI! Corner Yellowstone Ave. and 7th St. 10:00 a. m. German services. There will be no evening service. Titus Lang, Pastor, 722 Missouri Ave. Phone Uluck 005 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Corner Niobrara- and 4th Street 10:00 a. m. Sunday school, grad ed Bible classes. 11:00 a. m. Preaching. 7:00 p. m. Epworth League. 8:00 p. in. Preaching. Tuesday evening choir practice, Sunday afternoon rehearsal. Wednesday evening at 8:00 pray er meeting and Bible study and so cial hour. The doors of this church are open to all people at all services. A cor dial and home welcome extended to all to worship with us, if you have no other church home In the city Strangers will be made welcome. Oliu 8. Raker, Pastor. Phone 1M. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Cor. Laramie Ave. and 5th St. 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. 11:00 a. m. Preaching. Subject, "Life's Signboard." 7:00 p. m. O. Y. P. C. U. 8:0ft p. m. Preaching, subject, "Religious Offense." l'luve meeting at 8:00 p. m. on Wednesday -veiil Chir practice .a .8: 00 p. ru. Frl day t-veiiiac A welcome to all. Rev. W. L. Torrence, Pastor Phone 92 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Cor. llox Rutte Ave. and Sixth St. 10:00 a. m. Sunday school. 11:00 a. in. Preaching service. Subject, "The Church, the Church Member and the World." 7:00 p. m. Christian Endeavor. 8:00 p. m. Preaching service Subject, "Ixive Your Enemies." All are invited. Rev. W. M. Seel, Pastor GERMAN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Corner Sweetwater and Tliird Street 9:30 a. m. Sunday School. 10:30 a. in. Preaching service. 7:30 p. m. Preaching service. Every German cordially invited. Rev. F. Gaferta, Factor No Opposition to HaAhman County Commissioner Cal Hash man has filed for renomination as candidate for commissioner from the second district in Box Butte county. He has made an honest and efficient official and The Herald sees no reason why he should not be hon ored with a re-election without op position. Waters Files for Sheriff Dick Waters has filed for the re publican nomination for sheriff of Box Butte county. He Is well known in Alliance and the surrounding country and will no doubt receive the nomination. Visited Near Alliajice Mrs. H. T. Farrar and child re turned to their home at Axtell, Kan sas, last week, after a pleasant visit at the home of Mrs. Farrar's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Keegan, east of Alliance. Mrs. L. S. Dye's mother, Mrs Gleason of Central City, arrived Mon day morning to spend the summer In Alliance, making her home dur ing the time with her daughter. ANNUAL MISSION FESTIVAL Lutheran Congregation of Alliance and HemlngfortI to Celebrate The Lutheran congregations of Al liance and Hemlngford will celebrate their annual mission festival and pic nic on Sunday. July 19, at Clark Lewis' grove, four miles northwest of Berea, on the Alllance-Hemlng-ford road. Arrangements have been made for two services. A German service will be held In the forenoon, at 10:30, In FOR SALE i The entire stock of merchandise, millinery, dry goods and fixtures of the Regan Store Well located and doing a good business. Stock well selected, all new and bought to sell at reasonable rates. To much work for present owner is the only reason for selling. Hight Phono Service Uncommon in Europo In Switzerland 42 of the telephone ex changes give service only from 6 a. m. to 9 p. m. In Sweden only 75 out of 2,000 exchanges give all night service, and these charge extra for night calls. In Austria less than 2 of the exchanges give all night service. In Germany all small exchanges close during the night, and larger exchanges charge extra for night calls. In England small exchanges are only open during the day. In France small exchanges are closed at 7 p. m., two hours at noon, and after 10 a. m. on Sunday. American telephone service is 24-hour serv ice, and the rates here are the lowest in thei world. NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY LINCOLN This map shows the United States divided into four climatic zones. Paint must be made to fit the climate in which it is to be used. Paint for Florida won't do for Arizona or Colorado. When you buy Lincoln Climatic Paint you can be sure it is exactly suited .for this locality. It will not crack, check or peel with the various changes of weather, because it's made especially to withstand this climate. LINCOLN f AIITS AND VAtNISUES Ask for these books they are free. F. E. Holsten which Rev. H. J. Eggold of Seotta bluff will preach the sermon; and an English service at 2:20 o'clock la the afternoon, In which Rev. W. O. Vahle of Rushvtlle, one of the most prominent English speaking Luther an pastors In northwest Nebraska, will deliver an address. Between aat after the services refreshments will be served. All Lutherans and their friends are cordially Invited to be present to celebrate with us. Everybody l welcome. We have a booklet which tells all about Lincoln Cli matic Paints, also a book let telling how you can do the "Home Painting Jobs" yourself. it